Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Detective Robin Langford was honored today with the Scenic Chattanooga Optimist Club’s “Respect for Law Award.”

Mowbray Pike is closed to all traffic until 5 p.m. today due to a rock slide.

Everfound, a rock band of four brothers who immigrated to the U.S. from Russia, will headline the entertainment for Dare 2 Share Ministries’ teen training conference Friday and Saturday, March 8-9, at the Chattanooga Convention Center, 1 Carter Plaza.

The Bar-Kays, a Memphis-based soul, R&B and funk group that recently performed at inauguration ceremonies for President Obama, will perform at 6 and 10 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Mocha Restaurant & Music Lounge, 3116 Brainerd Road.

The Dixieland quartet River City Red Hots will provide an evening of holiday music seasoned with New Orleans-style jazz in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at The Camp House, 1427 Williams St.

WASHINGTON — United against Barack Obama, Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package the president had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending and a tax increase on the very wealthy.